The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-28
The NcNt senatorial Race

The Houston Post says chat Coke,
IlaHcoc,, Ir.ntd ard Terrell Wa be
cautid.t $ 'or tlc .u.tet STATE, sen-
ATS. l.o po-tl- ctretul though not
TO .ay VINO Nyt hc he winning man.
N.ct,ris Advocate.
And 80, tue.eers the patriots who
bro to ert.r tho eminent deadly
breach. and submit to the process OF
marty atom to save the i1ng suffering
pcoil trou further inilic'iou 10y the
cohtnued tenure of "Ol Brains
Well. iAs,e are men of fine ability,
aud either of them Would make An
average senator Each has his TO-
owing too, aud the three
could doub less marshal n
force strong enough to make
the race interest ne for senator Coke.
1t is hardly possible, however, tina
either OF these selt-sacrliGing patriots
eau hope to succeed tle Senator
whose seat is coveted. But it may
be possible to lock the Joint eonyen-
ton OF the two houses. and, as in the
case OF the lst senatorial election,
force q compromise on some worthy
-Hntlcmeu who doesn't want the
lace, but who viii consent to take it
in the Interest of peace and harmony.
lDi- IN tlod of scdcming and con-
spring tor the defeat of popular eau
didatss to crafty the spleen and disap-
pointed ambition OF individuals, has
grown into = custom in Texas, aud
the peoples chuiceis oitener defeated
by chicAne aud trickery than elected
ny ght-forwa methods The
three gentlemen named as Cokc's
competitors are not charged with
conspiracy 10 lock the legislature aud
exploit his defeat, but the effect of
the triple candida'ure will be the
same, and the men who lend them
selves TO the pan and play it out to
the sequence, Will not escape the
sacriiicial fires of the ordeal or the
peoples combinations after 'vaulting
ambition has over-eapei itself.
In this connection it may be -t4tad
that another prominent cltzen, who
has been mentioned by the press as
the probable dHrk-hOrse in the plan
to defeat Senator Coke, is not in the
ring for any such purpose and that
no power in Texas can induce him to
antagonize the grea, statesman or be
"A patty to any movement or scheme
tor his retirement. Governor Ross is
not made OF that sort of stuff, aud
IHE EXAMINER speaks by the card
when it informs the cOteric Of auti-
Coke statesmen that any emprise
that reckons on his sympathy or
aid, will miscarry and contouud the
actors. Governor Ross has no sena-
tOrial aspirations aud could not be
dragged into scramble for the place,
even if Senator Coke were in his
grave, much less TO autagoni1e his life
long friend, and one so eminently
worthy and SO granGly EQUIPPED for
the station he occupies. Governor
Ross viii probably have no dem
ocratic opposition in the next guber-
material convention, and not enough
of any sort in the general election to
occasion unoa.iness for moment.
Tie vii be governor OF Texas sec
oud term, aud he loves Texas ana her
people too well to think of exchang-
ing the chief magistrscy for any
other honor within their gitr.
Nor is it believed at this end of tae
liue that there will be any senatorial
attrition between Messrs. Clark and
Mills and Senator Coke. These ger
tlcmen are far seeing, shrewd aud
cautious in politics, and they sre not
blind to the fact that the man, or
set OF men who accomplish Coke's
overthrow, must themselves perish in
the wreck, and uei her OF them is
prepared to commit hari kari for Il
little cheap revenge on senator Coke.
Polling the anti-Coke chestnutS out
of the fire VIII be neither profitable
nor a popular vocation mex year, and
these distinguished gentlemen are too
sharp to burn their fingers.
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